Matt Shearer's basket in the final minute of overtime lifted the Slippery Rock boys basketball team to a 54-52 win at Meadville Tuesday night.

Senior Brian Kelly led the Rockets (12-7) with 22 points.

SLIPPERY ROCK 54Ethan Giesler 1 0-0 2, Derrick Orloski 2 3-3 7, Matt Shearer 4 0-0 8, Brian Kelly 8 1-1 22, Zack Ejzak 2 3-3 7, Brian Giesler 3 0-0 8.

Totals: 20 7-7 54.

MEADVILLE 52Geiger 2 0-0 5, Phillips 10 5-5 25, Hamilton 3 0-0 6, Ness 5 6-6 16.

Totals: 20 11-11 52.

Slippery Rock 16 10 9 15 4—54Meadville 10 12 12 16 2—523-point goals: Slippery Rock 7 (Kelly 5, B. Giesler 2); Meadville 1 (Geiger).

JV: Meadville 67-49

Friday: Erie East at Slippery Rock

Quaker Valley 78, Mars 52 — Steve Cress scored 16 points, but the Planets couldn't avoid a nonsection rout.

QUAKER VALLEY 78Nigel Gibson 3 1-2 7, Casey Coumeen 4 4-4 14, Eric Noyes 3 5-5 11, Paul Coury 3 0-2 6, Ted Maloney 8 3-4 20, Korrtezz Martin 4 5-8 13, Matt Farward 0 1-2 1, Jim Munizza 1 1-2 3, Andrew Munizza 1 0-0 3.

Totals: 27 20-29 78

MARS 52Chris Herold 4 0-0 10, Ben Szilogy 1 1-2 4, Christian Locher 2 0-0 6, Luke Gruber 0 0-1 0, Alec Mahon 0 0-0 0, Brandon Stadelmeyer 0 2-2 2, Dave Petruska 2 0-0 6, Ian Hindley 0 0-0 0, Vinny Smith 1 2-4 4, Dante DeTillio 0 0-0 0, Steve Cress 8 0-1 16, BrodyEvanson 1 2-6 4.

Totals: 19 7-16 52

Quaker Valley 16 18 26 18—78Mars 6 11 18 17—523-point goals: Coumeen 2, Maloney, Munizza; Herold 2, Szilogy, Locher 2, Petruska 2

Friday: Mars at Kittanning

Highlands 87, Knoch 54 — Despite having three players score in double figures, led by Rob Briggs' 13 points, the Knights (8-10, 3-5) could not keep up with the Rams.

KNOCH 54Michael Gallagher 1 0-0 3, Kyle Reiser 5 0-0 12, Jake McTighe 0 3-4 3, Rob Briggs 6 1-4 13, Andrew Wirtz 4 0-0 10, Aaron Boldy 4 1-1 9, Josh Lio 1 2-3 4.

Totals: 21 7-12 54.

HIGHLANDS 87Powell 1 0-0 2, Porter 6 2-4 17, Sinclair 8 0-1 19, Mitchell 2 0-0 4, Alexander 9 0-0 20, King 0 3-4 3, Edwards 1 0-0 3, Mabery 7 5-5 19.

Totals: 34 10-14 87.

Knoch 17 8 12 17—54Highlands 24 12 24 27—873-point goals: Knoch 5 (Reiser 2, Wirtz 2, Gallagher); Highlands 9 (Porter 3, Sinclair 3, Alexander 2, Edwards).

Friday: Hampton at Knoch

Rocky Grove 83, Moniteau 56 — Tyler Armagost scored 28 points, half of his team's total, as the Warriors (6-12, 5-9) were routed on the road.Rocky Grove went 11-of-17 from 3-point range.

MONITEAU 56Tyler Armagost 11 4-6 28, Josh Loos 4 1-2 9, Zack McCormick 2 0-1 5, Aaron Randall 1 0-0 2, Josh Madru 1 0-0 2, Clayton Casper 1 2-4 4, Brandon Simmons 1 2-2 4, Campbell 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 22 9-15 56.

ROCKY GROVE 83Melhuish 4 0-0 8, Setzkorn 1 0-0 3, Mietus 9 0-0 26, Luce 8 3-3 21, McDonald 0 1-2 1, E. Gravatt 4 8-11 16, D. Gravatt 2 2-7 6, Womeldorf 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 29 14-23 83.

Moniteau 15 8 19 14—56Rocky Grove 19 26 23 15—833-point goals: Moniteau 3 (Armagost 2, McCormick); Rocky Grove 11 (Mietus 8, Luce 2, Setzkorn).

Thursday: Moniteau at Karns City

East Allegheny 62, Freeport 58 — Shawn Carnahan scored 17 points for the Yellowjackets (6-11) in the overtime loss. Tyler Collins added 13 while Darius Frantz grabbed 10 rebounds and Alex Isenberg contributed eight assists.

FREEPORT 58Darius Frantz 2 3-8 7, Shawn Carnahan 8 1-3 17, Tyler Collins 5 0-0 13, Harrison Wood 4 0-0 9, Alex Isenberg 3 3-5 9, Nick Gentile 0 3-4 3.

Totals: 22 10-20 58

EAST ALLEGHENY 62Darrele Dunn 3 2-2 8, Trevor Morris 7 2-2 16, Malik Washington 4 2-3 13, Jordan Matthews 1 0-0 3, Eruick Barren 1 0-0 2, Trevor Lofton 5 3-4 13, Chavez Allen 3 1-2 7.

Totals: 24 10-13 62

Freeport 14 17 12 8 7—58East Allegheny 20 11 13 7 11—623-point goals: Collins 3, Wood; Washington 3 Matthews

JV: Freeport, 53-46 (OT)

Friday: West Shamokin at Freeport

Titusville 68, Grove City 56 — Maxx Stutz scored 17 points, but he couldn't keep the Eagles (13-6, 4-3) from dropping this region tilt.

GROVE CITY 56KeithRundle 1 1-2 3, Jeff Hershberger 1 0-0 2, Maxx Stutz 7 3-6 17, Ryan McNamara 2 2-2 7, Pat Johnson 3 0-2 6, Kyle Perrine 2 0-0 5, Dwayne Martin 3 5-6 11, Derek Forese 2 0-2 5.

Totals: 21 11-18 56

TITUSVILLE 68Feirson 2 2-2 6, Proano 1 8-10 11, Asa 2 7-8 11, S. Clark 8 2-2 22, Lapasky 1 0-0 2, A. Clark 4 0-0 10, Bodamer 2 2-2 6.

Totals: 20 21-24 68

Grove City 13 14 13 16—56Titusville 14 20 16 18—683-point goals: McNamara, Perrine, Forese; Proano, S. Clark 4, A. Clark 2

Friday: Grove City at Central

A-C Valley 51, Cranberry 48 — Despite playing without three starters who were out with the flu, the Falcons pulled out a KSAC win.Mike Himes scored 14 points and Reed Terwilliger added nine points and 12 rebounds for A-CValley, which was without Kyle Hirsch, Nate Silvis and Nick McGuirk.

CRANBERRY 48Nick Persing 1 3-4 5, Jared Burrows 0 0-0 0, Luke Heeter 0 0-0 0, Norman Femlee 0 2-2 2, Shawn Hogue 3 0-0 6, Chase Mitchell 3 0-0 7, Coleman Willison 0 1-2 1, Brad Rembold 3 2-2 9, Kelly O'Neil 7 3-6 17.

Totals: 17 11-16 48

A-C VALLEY 51JohnStumpner 3 2-5 7, Matt Bartley 2 0-0 6, Joe Kaufman 1 1-2 3, Josh Austin 2 0-1 4, Mike Himes 4 4-5 14, Reed Terwilliger 3 3-4 9, Allan Eaton 2 3-4 8.

Totals: 16 13021 51

Cranberry 10 10 8 20—48A-C Valley 12 9 17 13—513-point goals: Mitchell, Rembold; Stumpner, Bartley 2, Himes 2, Eaton

Thursday: A-CValley at Rocky Grove

Mars defeated Richland 13-2 Tuesday. No details were available.

<B>Butler 794-63x, Plum 792-57x </B>— Top shooters for Butler were Kayla Fry, Kara Knechtel and Brad Opitz.